Oct 29 1975
From The Space Library
NASA and the Energy Research and Development Administration dedicated a 100-kw wind turbine designed and built by Lewis Research Center at Plum Brook Station for ERDA. NASA Administrator Dr. James C. Fletcher and ERDA Administrator Robert C. Seamans, Jr., attended the ceremony conducted by LeRC Director Dr. Bruce T. Lundin. Objective of the wind turbine project was to test the performance and define the operating and economic characteristics of wind-energy systems for generating commercial electric power in the future. The installation will provide data for use in developing larger and more advanced systems that could be produced commercially by private industry. The Plum Brook installation was the largest wind-energy system in operation and the second largest ever built; the largest, a 1250-kw system operated between 1941 and 1945 in Vermont, had been abandoned because of economic difficulties and availability of less expensive fossil energy. The new generator, with its 38-m-wide propeller blades, was built on top of a 30-m-high open-truss steel tower and could supply the power needs of about 25 homes. NASA was participating in the ERDA program because of its capability in energy-related technology. (NASA Release 75-277)
The Political & Security Committee of the U.N. General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution seeking wider adherence to international agreements on the peaceful uses of outer space. The resolution called for continued U.N. work on space agreements, including one covering natural resources of the moon; on principles governing direct TV broadcasting by satellite; and on legal issues arising from remote sensing of earth and its resources from space. (SBD, 29 Sept 75, 300)
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